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.... ~ ..c E ~ :> o Z Where your Calif. DRY Stick y may entitle you to ride Rumor circ u lating at San Marino Camel Cigarettes looking to sp onsor the en t ire World 500 c c Mo tocross Champion ship . Hack, koff! /'III1JIf~ f.~-+--_L_.J---"" With more Green Sticky money finally co ming ho me to roost, the California Departmen t of Parks & Recreation is loo king at the Little Rock Wash area fo r a po ten tial 2475 acre ORV refuge. Located j ust off Hwy. 138 southeast of Palmdale, California, the site has several things going for it, according to Deputy Director Robert H. Meyer: (1) Fairly close to the Big Cit y (see map ); (2) High dollar effectivness (bureaucratese for "the lan d's cheap"); (3) Well-defined If the average American car got 20 miles pe r gallon, a goal the Ford Fo undation suggests fo r 198 5, th e U.S. wo uld save one billion barrels of oil a year at current car use levels. That is more oil than we imported from Arab countries in 1973. If half the po pula tio n drove motorcycles half of the time instead of cars, the savings wo uld be greater. AMA's Gene Wirwahn called to say the Barstow-Vegas land use permit was issued Nov. 6 and the run is at least provisionally okay for another year. boundaries (The Californ ia Aqueduct on one side and Angeles Na tional Forest on the other) ; (4) Variety of terrain; (5) Little Rock was a popular riding area until it was closed to ORV use. The soil is mostl y course san d, san dstone, and decomposed rock , Terrain is a variety of highdesert and foothill features . About a mile away is the Little Rock Dam and rese rvo ir with several established campgrounds. It 's a definite beginning. While the AMA has issued a rule forbidding road races in the rain , the Europeans will prohibit the use of slick tires at wet-weather meetings. Wonder how road racers in our Pacific Northwest feel about the two philosophies, since it 's the advent of super-speedway slick tires that caused the AMA 's rain ban? QUOTE: (courtesy of Motor Cycle . News) A San Mari no hotel operator, when tol d his guests were delegates to the FIM Congress, asked, "What, do all these old men still ride motorbikes?" Mike Lebovitz fell off a rock at Hopetown an d bro ke his leg while attempting to ph o tograph h is dad in the 350 bash. Some stickies are on the way , Mike. The Imola 200, b illed as "Europe's Daytona" is on again for April 6, 1975 with new sponsorship f rom AGV Helmets, a tile maker and a wine co-operative. Pass th' bottle. 2 The Isle of Man IT will lose its FIM World Championship status after the 1976 event, a decision whi ch is expected to be rubber-stamped by the FIM Spring Co ngre ss. The venerable race 's organizers are adamant that the classic will co ntinue, with or without "world" status. FIM revived Formula 750 racing again at their 1974 Congress in Ital y last month. Only 25 copies of a bike have to be available for approval . Austria requested a one-year post po nemen t of the ir commi tmenr to host the International Six-Days Trial. It may for ce postponement of the 50th I.S.D.T . to 1976. America was granted two riders for the 1975 World Invitational Speedway Championsh ip. ~ [I hope, I hope ···f A little help goes a long way. In the past year, HRA Benefit races at 395 Cycle Park near Adelanto, CA have : Contributed $1000 to the Victorville High School band, bought rescue equ ipment for Adelanto's Volunteer Fire Department and on November 10 again donated track and proceeds to benefit the Desert Communities Un ited Way. Maybe concerned motorCyclists put more back in to the envi ronment than they're claimed to destroy . Don 't forget, the long-track speedway rac es at Ascot are this Friday , November 15. Races start at 8 p.m. Bates Industries (leat hers, to you) is putting up $50 each for the winners of Scratch Main, Handicap Main, and Trophy Dash at Ascot's November 15 half mile speedway. Awards subject to customary conditions of product use and advertising release. Two motocross tracks, one fo r 0-100cc and one for 100-360cc bikes, are planned for the City o f Cerritos' initial 4.5 acre cycle park. Made possib le by a $97 ,228 California OHV fund grant, the park may expand to 20 acres. Husband-wifery : Gary and Peggy Fuller of Baytown, Texas, both decided to rid e pro in 1974. Gary has earned his advancement p oints to J un ior , an d Peggy is j ust fo ur points short. The Pacific Northwest will still have a female Junior, Diane Cox's elevation notwithstanding. Tammy Sessions of Seattle picked up five points in 1974 to go over the hump. If Americans wo uld dr ive motorcycles half of the time instead of cars, they'd each save about $1 75 a year that would otherwise go up in smog. In six years the saving on gasoline cost alone would be $1050, abo ut the cu rrent price of a good medium-size motorcy cle. By the time that machine has 45,000 miles on it, at 50 mi les per gallon, it will have paid for itself. It will have used only 900 gallons in racking up that mileage , at a current co st of $450. Half of all fines from Green Stickie tickets go into the OHV Fund for parks, too. Didn't make you feel any better, did it. Cycle News' Year-End Issue (No . 50 1 will launch a new concept in poster art. The price on single copies (bought from m/c dealers and newstands) for this issue only will be $1 . It will be well worth it. Subscribers may order the spec ial, 8 ·page "Posterbook" (c ) containing two double-size and four full-size posters in co lor and black & white, for 50 cents. o C I R Motocross has filled their Sat urday schedule of qualifying for the Nove mbe r 30 State HSMX Championship. Ride rs may sti ll qualify on Thursday nigh ts through November 21. National Motorcycle League an nounces a big contingency p rogram for th eir 19 75 Win te rn ation als MX series in Florida . Maico . and Bel-Ray have already posted $5,1 75 in addition to the purses. AMA's Ed Youngblood, with the f irst tie vote in FIM history, almost became the i n t e r n a t io n al organ izat ion 's youngest Vice Pres ident. However, Frenchman J . leseuer won on the second ballot. Eve' Kn ievel deserved his pardon. Even if what they say about h im were t ru e, he didn't do anything any other stuntman wouldn't have done under the circumstances. let's not be picking the carcass. Evel has suffered enough. CLUBMEN: If your club isn 't in the 1975 Cycle News Clu b Guide, it should be. Clip out the Club Gu ide blan k in this week's Calend ar 'secti on , fill out all pert inent info , an d send it to us pos t haste (wh ich considering the usu al haste th e Post Office makes. that may prove difficult). The American Bicy cle Drag Racing A s s o c iat ion has been formed to promote a series of 5D-yard b icy cle drags, complete with "Christmas T rees," timing lights, th e whol e enchilada. Conta ct Bill Holland (21 3) 993-8686 or Marshall Wheeler (21 3) 861-5828 for more poop. Can "cafe bicycles" and Gravity-Power GP be far behind? If you thought sidecar motocross was un real , you should see wh at the Europeans do in sidecar trials! Even top solo trialers like Mick Andrews and Alan Lampkin are stoked . Road racer Barry Sheene was in the pits at the Ascot Half -Mile National, along with mending Suzuki teammate Gary Nixon. Said Sheene, "No, I've ne ver been on one of these (ha/f-milers) but I really wish we could get this type of rac ing going in England . . . It's more fun to watch than a road race ." Barry also said the dice with Gene Romero at Ontario was the most fun he'd had in a long time. SaCaI's November 17th District 37 poin ts run is promised to be a "virgin run." That is, aU new territory, never before desert raced . Location is limed from Highway 14 and 395, start is at 10 a.m . and you can call (2 13) 361 ·8530 to see what the trophy is for the first virgin to finish . Cycle Gu ide, the num ber three moto-monthly, was fortunate en ough to acqu ire the services of Tom Culp, former employee of these newspapers, as the ir new ad manager . Cong ratulations all around. Also November 17th, at Ch ula Vista, California, South Bay Speedway will host AMA profess ional h alf-mile races. Last chance this year to see th e AMA pros in act ion, and Don Vesco '5 new World 's Fastest Motorcycle (281.7 02 MPH) will be on display . Racing starts at 2 p .rn.. Time trials 1 p. rn. Should be a goodie. Mark Saturday, December 28 on your calendar. Th at 's the date of the "20-Mule ·Team 200," a professional purse-pay ing Desert Racing Asso ciation bash in the de sert near California City .